Chuck Taylors and The Pillows

Okay guys, I was going to have a heart felt blog entry about my dreams, but something happened that I think I need to blog about first, you'll get your heart felt stuff later, as promised, but it has to go on hold. Yesterday I was working with my friend Sara. We'd been working all night and she looked at me about 10:30 and said, "Terry, have you felt haunted all day? I have." I had no clue what she was talking about. After I'd given her that deer in headlights stare, she continued, "Didn't you hear, Kassie died in a car wreck." Kassie is a girl in my grade, that's right, a senior, a little over a month from graduation. I didn't think it really hit me, but it did just now. A feeling of complete sadness and awareness came over me as I was typing this. This one event made me more aware, then I had ever been before, that you can go at anytime. You may ask, go where, the truth is I don't know. As a Christian, I have a guess, but really I know as little about the great beyond as any of you do. Kassie was a good person, I didn't know her that well, but she was one of those people who never hesitated to say "hi" to you in the hallway. I'll miss her, but really, I feel like I should thank her. Now, more then ever, I will live my life to the fullest. I might not get to graduate, just like Kassie. I don't know if I'll see tomorrow. I hope I do, I hope I get to have a successful music career in my lifetime, but I have to live for the "now", not the "someday". I probably will get to go to college next year, but I will experience as much as I can in my first year, I won't wait and depend on that tomorrow that my may never come. So, I feel this blog entry should be like my final goodbye for Kassie. Kassie, I will really miss you. You were a really good person, I'm not going to flatter myself and say you were one of my friends, because I know better. You were one of the best acquaintances I've ever had though. I hope the rest of the people I meet in my life can be like you. I'm glad I can say I've met you. I wish you the best of luck, where ever you are right now. If you're in heaven right now, if there is such a place, try and save me a room in your mansion, I'd like to come visit, even if I may not get to live there. I hope you enjoy the Easter party I'm sure they'll be having tomorrow, it has to be a blast. I'd like to thank you, for saying "hi" to me in the hallway even when you didn't have to. Thank you for being here with me, the time we shared, even if we just occupied the same room without ever speaking. I can't say I've loved you as a friend, Kassie, but I can say I loved you as a person. That's right Kassie, I love you. I hope you're happy right now, we'll try not to cry over you too much, I don't think you'd of wanted that. I'd never seen you without a smile on your face. We will get over missing you, but we never will forget you. I'll always remember you Kassie, Goodbye, or as I say around here, Later Days.